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is a castrated male bird ; a poul- 

 arde is a female that has been 

 operated upon). Poulardes are 

 peculiar to the LaFleche and La 

 Vans breeds. It is the peasant 

 farmer who fattens the young 

 hens and creates the industry. 



The main reliance of the 

 poultry breeder is the certainty 

 that he will always have a fairly 

 profitable market for his meat 

 and eggs. This is the bedrock of 

 the industry. 



The late Morgan Bates once 

 said thatthe class of poultrymen 

 that are supplying the market 

 with eggs and poultry, are the 

 bulwark of the poultry industry 

 of the nation. 



Because there are failures with 

 poultry is no argument that the 

 business is a failure. There are 

 lots of people who never make a 

 success of anything they under- 

 take. Work out your own salva- 

 tion, and never mind what the 

 croakers have to say. 



lowing advice for trapping minks, 

 skunks, weasles, etc.: Minks, 

 weasles, skunks, etc., often visit 

 the poultry house and in one 

 night destroy from six to twenty 

 fowls. The best way to capture 

 minks is with a steel trap 

 properly concealed and baited 

 with a bird or fish. Minks travel 

 several miles to get in a poultry 

 yard or house. If there is a pond 

 or stream near the house it is 

 best to trap them along the 

 place of their natural haunts. 

 Take the fat from some fish and 

 fry it out and pour it in a bottle. 

 Leave the cork out and expose it 

 until the oil decays and becomes 

 very strong. A few drops of this 

 placed upon any bait will attract 

 a mink a long distance. Cover 

 the trap with fine leaves or break 

 up coarse leaves so that the jaws 

 of the trap will not be filled up 

 when it springs. If trapping the 

 minks near the water it is best 

 to set the traps under the water 

 and make a fence with weeds so 

 as to compel it to come out at 

 the place where the trap is set. 



price in the market at from 37 to 

 39 cents per pound. Colored 

 feathers bring from 17 to 23 cents 

 per pound. 



Indian Runner ducks are to the 

 duck family, in egg production, 

 what the Mediterranean class of 

 fowls is to the chicken world. 

 They are small ducks, averaging 

 about four pounds in weight. 

 English breeders claim that an 

 Indian Runner duck at eight 

 years old will lay as many eggs 

 as a year-old duck of any other 

 variety. 



A correspondent gives the fol- White duck feathers average in 



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